Forest Country News

Houston County schools enrolled 1,210 students who identified as being at risk during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is a 31.2% increase over the previous school year.

Of the 3,207 students enrolled in Houston County schools, 37.7% of them are considered to be at risk.

Houston County had the 109th lowest number of at-risk students among Texas counties.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

School	Number of at-risk students	Total Number of students
Crockett Elementary School	103	390
Crockett High School	216	370
Grapeland Elementary School	30	321
Crockett Junior High School	210	279
Latexo Elementary School	98	278
Lovelady Elementary School	69	271
Kennard ISD	122	247
Lovelady Junior High High School	52	233
Latexo High School	112	211
Grapeland High School	42	170
Early Childhood Center	30	151
Quest Collegiate Academy - Crockett	110	145
Grapeland Junior High School	16	141